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APPLE- PARER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,670, dated. January 24, 1882.

Application filed May 12, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom at may concern:

Be it known that 'I, FREDERICK W. HUD- SON, of 'Leominster, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apple-Faring Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 represents a top or plan viewof one of my aforesaid improved apple-parers. Fig. 2 represents a frontside view of said apple-parer, looking in the direction indicated by arrow 1 of said Fig. 1, when attached to its support F for use. Figs. 3 and at represent, upon an enlarged scale, ditt'erentviewsof portions of the apple-parer, which will be hereinaftermore fully described; and Fig. 5 represents a section through the parts shown in Fig. 3, taken on lineA B,looking in the dircction indicated by arrow 2 of said Fig.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to make and use the same, I will proceed-to'describe it more in detail.

In the drawings, 0 represents the framework of the machine, which is formed with a bend, D, and provided with a thumb-screw, E, so that it may be secured to the edge of a table or support, F, as represented in Fig. 2.

G represents the grooved rotating table of the machine, which is arranged to turn on a pivot, H, secured in the part I of frame 0. Upon said table G are arranged the par-er J and throwing-off arm K, which may be constructed, arranged, and operated in the ordinary manner, the motion of the parer being governed by its end passing over the cam-sun face I of the part I, while the motion of the throwing-off arm is governed by the part I1 formed upon said arm passing over the surface M of frame (3. Both of said parts J and K are sprung back and held against their respective cam-surfaces by means of spiral springs N and O. The knife P is secured to the parer J by means of a screw, a.

Table G is provided entirely around its outer surface with cogs or teeth I) by means of a bevel gear, Q, which works in said teeth. Bevel-gear Q is formed upon the point of the said shaft U, shaft U being arranged to turn in the part W of frame 0.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that table G is turned so as to operate apple-parerJ and throwing-off arm K, andalso that the apple-holder V is turned by the operation of hand-crank S, as before explained, table G being turned in the direction indicated by arrows 3 3, Figs. 1 and 2.

In the drawings the several parts of the machine are represented in the positions'which they occupy just as the apple-parer J commences the'operation of-paring the apple which is to be placed on the rotating holder V. During the first revolution of the apple-holder V, after the parer J first strikes the base of the apple, the knife P is held against the base or stem end of the apple by the combined action of spring N and cam X, as hereinafter described, so as to pare the same close up to said stem.

Table G is fitted loosely upon'its fulcrum 0, whereby a wabbling motion can be imparted to it by means of a cam, X, which is formed upon the under side of said table G, as represented in Figs. 4 and 5. (Jam X is made in ring form and projects from the back side of table G, and is made to project farthest from theback surface of the table at the point e,-

and which point is upon the same side oftable G as the apple parer J. Consequently the tipping of table G causes the knife of the parer J to move toward the fork which supports the apple, ,thereby compensating for the withdrawal of the knife from the fork, caused by the rotation of the table, until one turn of the apple has been n1 ide, and by which operation the flat or stem end of the apple can be pared more perfectly, and that, too, close up to the fork, than by machines heretofore in use.

The combination of the cone-shaped part B, as before described, enables me 'to dispense 1. The combination, with the cone frame 11,

of gears Q and R, G and gear T, substantially purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the geared table G, provided with an enlarged socket, and the elevated head of the pivot H of said table, with the cam X and frame I, whereby the knife pivoted to the geared table is actuated, substantially as and for the purpose described.

for operating geared table I 5 as and for the FREDERICK \V. HUDSON.

Witnesses:

EDWIN E. MOORE, PATRICK GaoNrN. 

